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‘A fantastic coincidence’: My day as an extra on the film set of ‘Suffragette’

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Today Suffragette is released to cinemas around the country, and we are celebrating with this second blog from one of the film’s rather special ‘extras’ Peter Barratt. Peter’s great-grandmother was WSPU member Alice Hawkins. Alice was an extraordinary working woman who made things happen. ‘A fantastic coincidence’: My day as an extra on the film set of Suffragette My great-grandmother Alice Hawkins was a working class suffragette of a 100 years ago who was first arrested outside the Houses of Parliament in 1907, on the day of the State opening of Parliament. A shoe machinist by trade, Alice formed the … Continue reading ‘A fantastic coincidence’: My day as an extra on the film set of ‘Suffragette’

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BEING AN EXTRA IN THE FEATURE FILM SUFFRAGETTE

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To celebrate the release of Suffragette we are publishing two blogs by people who were very special film extras, the first, released as the premier is only hours away, is by June Purvis, Emeritus Professor of Women’s and Gender History at the University of Portsmouth and an historical advisor to the film. Professor Purvis will be known to many as the author of some of the best modern writing on women’s suffrage including Emmeline Pankhurst: a biography published in 2002. BEING AN EXTRA IN THE FEATURE FILM SUFFRAGETTE I was thrilled to be asked to be an ‘extra’ in the … Continue reading BEING AN EXTRA IN THE FEATURE FILM SUFFRAGETTE